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This article reports the results of an experiment aiming to investigate the effect of training on the performance of poor students in PAA, a compulsory multiple-choice test required to enroll in university education in Chile. The main conclusion is that p
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Non-cognitive skills are important predictors of success on the labour market and in many areas of economic and social life. This paper explores the current literature on the economics of non-cognitive skill formation and the most important explanatory factors behind the recent boost of the...
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children provide the greatest yields. Although there are significant differences in the perception of the individual's freedom …
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The starting point of this paper is a widely shared fundamental preference according to which Hungary should follow a fast, sustainable development path and catch up with the developed world in the foreseeable future. Questions raised in this paper are related to the instrumental preferences....
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The paper investigates the effect of teacher characteristics (experience, level of education attainment and credentials, gender) on the achievement of eighth grade students using matched student-teacher data from the 1999, 2003 and 2007 TIMSS surveys. The analysis covers European countries, thus...
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Basic Competencies" (NABC), focusing on disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children. The instrumental variable estimates of … children who start school at the age of six. This benefit is substantially larger for disadvantaged children than their non …-disadvantaged counterparts. However, the benefit of later enrolment diminishes as children - both disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged - progress …
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The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study,...
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Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students in Western European dual education systems, there is a lack of evidence from Central Eastern Europe. Using a unique individual-level panel database,...
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The paper uses data from a large representative survey of Hungarian higher education graduates (DPR 2010) to study the early labour market effects of field of study and college quality. Propensity score matching average treatment effect method is used to reveal the effect of the field of study,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696802
Basic Competencies" (NABC), focusing on disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children. The instrumental variable estimates of … children who start school at the age of six. This benefit is substantially larger for disadvantaged children than their non …-disadvantaged counterparts. However, the benefit of later enrolment diminishes as children – both disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged - progress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697058